Cable storer

ABSTRACT

The invention relates to a cable storer having a housing wherein a cable is arranged. The housing has at least one cable inlet area and one cable outlet area. The cable is arranged in the housing in essentially concentric circles and enters the housing via the cable inlet area and exits via the cable outlet area. The cable inlet area and the cable outlet area are arranged on the outer periphery of the housing. The cable is introduced according to a configuration selected in such a way that parts of the cable are predrilled in respectively different directions.

The present invention refers to a cable storage comprising a housingwith a cable arranged therein, wherein the housing comprises at leastone cable inlet and one cable outlet, and wherein the cable is insertedinto the housing in substantially concentric circles, and enters thehousing through the cable inlet and exits through the cable outlet,wherein cable inlet and cable outlet are arranged on the outer peripheryof the housing.

When laying or repositioning cables, the problem frequently arises thatan additional cable is required at a later time, which is then joinedwith the already laid cable via connection elements. This procedure is,on the one hand, very time-consuming and at the same timecost-intensive, since depending on the type of the cable the requiredconnection elements are expensive. Additionally, any additionalconnection portion in a cable means that losses in the transmissioncannot be excluded.

Particularly when glass fibre cables are laid or repositioned it isrequired for every connection portion to remove a part of the cable.Furthermore, the connection elements are very expensive, theinstallation is very time-consuming and at the same time losses in thetransmission cannot be excluded.

In order to overcome this disadvantage, it is already known to lay acable surplus when laying cables, which is then kept in a cable storagefor a later use. In this case, the cable surplus is usually wound up tocircles and inserted into this cable storage. However, the removal ofthe cable is often very complex. Particularly when glass fibre cablesare laid or repositioned it must be taken into consideration that whenremoving the additional cable, the risk of damage, particularly the riskof a fracture of the glass fibres of the glass fibre able exists, sincethese glass fibres must not be bent or buckled.

Thus, it is the object of the invention to provide a cable storage ofthe generic type, which ensures a simple removal of the cable.

This object is solved by a cable storage of the known type in that thecable is inserted according to an insertion pattern which is selectedsuch that parts of the cable are pre-twisted in different directions.

It is enabled for the first time by the insertion of the cable accordingto the invention to simply remove the cable from the cable storage andto further process it without elaborate additional unwinding steps beingnecessary to remove the twists or twines of the cable produced duringthe conventional winding-up process. In this manner is it possible toarrange or store the cable storage on the most different locations,since the removal of the cable can also be implemented in a veryconfined space.

According to a preferred embodiment it may be provided that the cablefirst of all takes the shape of an eight, and subsequently the uppercircular element of the eight formed abuts the lower element to obtainone single circular element which can be inserted into the cablestorage. This special winding-up mode ensures that the cable ispre-twined or pre-twisted so that the turns/convolutions or twistsintroduced into the cable mutually automatically compensate with respectto each other when removing the cable. Moreover, this insertion patterncan be obtained very simply and quickly without any additional means.

Advantageously, the circular elements, which are abutted against eachother, may form the upper circular element for a further eight to belaid by the cable. Thus, it is possible to pre-twine also larger amountsof cable in a simple manner according to the demands of claim 1, whereinthe effort remains constantly low.

It has proven to be especially advantageous if the one cable end lies ontop of the other cable end at each crossing process of the cable ends.This feature is especially proved and tested in the laying of ribboncables.

According to another preferred embodiment, the cable may be inserted asa winding body, comprising an even number of individual windings,wherein the one cable end crosses the other cable end in each crossingprocessing one time above and one time below. This insertion patternalso fulfills the conditions of claim 1.

According to another embodiment it may be provided that the housingcomprises at least one housing frame and a cover. The design of thecable storage with a cover enables the easy access to the cable locatedin the cable storage, since this cable can simply be removed afterremoving the cover. The housing frame may stay at its selected positionso that the effort of removal can be reduced.

Advantageously, each housing frame may be formed as a U-shaped belt withtwo parallelly extending U-legs and a semi-circular base portionintegrally formed with the U-legs. The internal diameter of thesemi-circular base portion may be slightly larger than the diameter ofthe cable inserted in concentric circles. Furthermore, the length of theU-legs may at least correspond to the radius of the semi-circular baseportion. The design of the one end of the cable storage as a semi-circletherefore serves on the one hand for the safe arrangement of the cablewound-up, since this cable may be inserted in abutment to thesemi-circular portion and is thereby held in a dimensionally stablemanner. At the same time, the space requirement is restricted as far aspossible by the shape of the cable storage selected,

According to another preferred embodiment, the two U-legs of the housingframe may be connected to one another at least on their ends opposingthe base portion via a detachably attached bracing element, whichextends between the opposing inner sides of the U-legs. This bracingelement ensures that the housing frame is dimensionally stable alsoafter removing the cover and is not pressed apart by the cable Inserted,whereby at the same time the cable may lose the wound-up shape.

Advantageously, it may be provided that two spaced apart bracingelements are provided on the ends of the U-legs opposing the baseportion, wherein one bracing element is arranged on the side facing thebottom and one bracing elements is arranged on the side facing thecover, This feature also serves for stability of the housing frame andparticularly ensures the dimensional stability.

Furthermore, it may prove to be advantageous if the U-legs are connectedto one another through at least two detachably attached bracing elementsextending in parallel to one another and spaced apart from one another,wherein one bracing element is arranged on the ends of the U-legsopposing the base portion and one bracing element is arranged in theproximity of the ends of the U-legs facing the base portion. It may alsobe provided that two bracing elements extending in parallel to eachother and being spaced apart from each other are arranged on the ends ofthe U-legs opposing the base portion and in the proximity of the ends ofthe U-legs facing the base portion, wherein one of the bracing elementsis arranged on the side facing the bottom and one bracing element isarranged on the side facing the cover.

These additional bracing elements increase stability. At the same time,the bracing elements provide an additional protection of the insertedcable in the cable storage, since this cable is particularly passedbetween the bracing elements extending in parallel to one anotherarranged in the proximity of the base portion, and may be held betweenthese elements. The detachable attachment of the bracing elementsenables a simple removal of the inserted cable, since this cable can beinserted in a simple way, and the bracing elements can also be attachedafterwards. This is particularly required when inserting rigid cablerollers, e. g. made of glass fibre. The additional bracing elements alsoenable that the cable storage is attached on the wall without therebeing a risk when removing the cover, e.g. of the cable from fallingout.

The bracing elements are advantageously formed with a square crosssection. This shape has proven in practical application.

Furthermore, it may be provided that each bracing element comprises atleast one passage opening, which is formed approximately in the centreof the bracing element and which opens towards the bottom or cover. Thispassage opening enables for instance to attach the bracing element on awall or to connect the cover with the bracing elements.

According to a further preferred embodiment it may be provided that inthe area of the semi-circular base portion a bottom element is arranged.The bottom element may adjoin the lower edge of the semi-circularportion on the end opposing the U-leg and it may extend approximatelyacross half of the radius of the semi-circular portion towards theU-legs.

This bottom element serves on the one hand for supporting the cable inthe housing, since thereby a rest surface for the wound-up cable isprovided at least in the case of a lying storage, at the same time thecurvature of the semi-circular element is clearly defined and keptdimensionally stable through this bottom element. It has proven inpractice that it is fully sufficient if only a part of the semicircularportion is held by the bottom element so that the production costs canbe kept possibly low.

According to a further preferred embodiment it may be provided that aplurality of housing frames are detachably arranged on top of eachother. This makes it possible on the one hand to stack several cables,wherein each cable can be removed individually. At the same time, onesingle cable may also be laid to several circles connected to oneanother, wherein each individual circle comprising a plurality ofwindings, can be inserted into one single housing frame separate fromthe other ones. In this case it is also possible, depending on the cableneed, to only remove the cable stored in one single housing, to removethe respective housing frame and to subsequently screw-on the coveragain so that the cable storage does not occupy unnecessary space.

Advantageously, a connection element may be arranged between two housingframes arranged on top of each other, said connection element providinga detachable connection between the two housing frames. The connectionelement may be arranged in the lower area of the outer side of thehousing frame which is on top in the assembled condition, it may extendacross the entire outer periphery of the housing frame and in assembledcondition it may project by a predetermined length towards the lowerhousing frame. Furthermore, the connection element may have a seal.These embodiments ensure a safe attachment of two housing frames withone another, wherein at the same time protection is provided.

According to a further embodiment, the cable inlet and the cable outletmay be arranged in a semi-circular portion and may be formed as a recessopening towards the upper edge. Advantageously, the cable inlet and thecable outlet may be formed by a through opening extending along theouter periphery, said through opening via a recess centrally formed inthe upper longitudinal side towards the upper edge. Furthermore, thecable inlet and the cable outlet may be arranged in a manner opposingone another. If the cable inlet and the cable outlet are formed as anelongate recess, this enables a greater flexibility when laying thecables, since the final insertion or removal position of the cables doesnot yet have to be defined but said cable can freely be moved over theentire area of the opening. This is particularly meaningful if rigidcables are laid that cannot easily be brought into another position sothat in the case of a fixed predetermined opening elaborate laying workis often necessary.

It may advantageously further be provided that the cover is formedslightly larger than the surface formed between the U-legs and thesemi-circular base portion, wherein the cover is provided on its edgewith a border extending downwards towards the housing. This ensures thatthe cover sits well on the housing frame, wherein the peripheral borderat the same time effects a fixing of the cover.

Advantageously, the cover may be provided in the area of the border withthrough openings for detachably fixing the cover to the housing frame.

Furthermore, the cover may at least comprise a through opening for thereleasable connection with at least one bracing element.

Furthermore, it may be provided that the housing frame is provided withholding projections on both sides on the outer side of the U-legs. Theholding projections may be formed on ends of the U-legs opposing thesemi-circular base portion. Advantageously, the holding projections maybe formed as an angle plate. The holding projections enable theattachment of the cable storage if a wall fastening takes place, whereinthe positioning of the holding projections on the ends of the U-legstake care that the inserted cable is in fixed abutment with thesemi-circular base portion and is thereby held in its position. Althoughthe holding projections may also be used for a fastening on the floor,this, however, is usually not required.

Advantageously, the individual components of the cable storage are madeof metal, e.g. steel, stainless steel, aluminium, plastics or any othersuitable material. Consequently, the different materials can be used andmay be selected according to the respective application. At the sametime, combinations of different materials may be used, e.g. plastics andmetal.

Subsequently, the invention will be described in detail by means ofpreferred embodiments with reference to the attached drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a three-dimensional view of a cable storage, with a housingframe and a cover attached therein,

FIG. 2 shows the cable storage shown in FIG. 1, wherein the cover wasremoved,

FIG. 3 shows a cable storage, wherein two housing frames were attachedon top of one another,

FIG. 4 shows the cable storage shown in FIG. 3 with the cover beingremoved,

FIG. 5 shows one single housing frame of the cable storage shown in FIG.3,

FIG. 6 shows a cable storage attached to the wall with the cable beinginserted,

FIG. 7 shows the cable storage shown in FIG. 6 with the cover beingremoved,

FIGS. 8 to 10 show an example of the winding-up process of the cable,and

FIGS. 11 and 12 show a further example of a winding-up process of thecable.

FIG. 1 shows a first embodiment of a cable storage 1 in athree-dimensional view with a housing frame 2 as well as a cover 3attached thereon. The cover has the shape of a closed U formed by twoU-legs extending in parallel to each other and a semi-circular baseportion The cover rests on the housing 2 and is held there by a border 4connected to the outer edge of the cover. In the closed condition theinner side of the border 4 of the cover rests on the outer side of thehousing frame 2 and thereby holds the cover on the frame. The connectionbetween the cover and the housing frame can be formed as a press seat.

The structure of the housing frame is shown in detail in FIG. 2, whichshows a housing frame 2 with the cover being removed. The housing frame2 is formed as a u-shaped bent belt, consisting of two U-legs 5, 5′extending in parallel, as well as a semi-circular base portion 6 formedintegrally with the U-legs 5, 5′, said base portion extending betweenthe U-legs. The belt is arranged such that the one side of the beltforms the inner side of the housing and the other one forms the outerside of the housing. The semi-circular base portion 6 comprises a bottomelement 7 on its side located downwards in use, said bottom elementbeing arranged in the base portion such that the lower side of thebottom element 7 forms a plane with the lower edge 10 of the baseportion 6. The bottom portion 7 is formed as a circular section, i.e. itextends over the end of the base portion 6 opposing the U-legs 5, 5′ upto approximately half of the base portion 6. The bottom element 7,consequently, only closes off approx. half of the base portion 6 indownward direction. The finishing edge 8 of the bottom element extendsperpendicularly to the U-legs 5, 5′.

The U-legs are formed integrally with the base portion 6 and extend inparallel to each other. The length of the U-legs corresponds to at leastthe radius of the base portion 6.

The two U-legs 5, 5′ are connected to one another through four bracingelements 9 extending between the inner sides of the U-legs 5, 5′. Theindividual bracing elements 9 extend in parallel to each other and inparallel to the edge 8 of the bottom element and perpendicular to theU-legs 5, 5′. Two bracing elements each are arranged on top of eachother at a predetermined distance to one another and finish on the oneside with the lower edge 10 of the U-legs 5, 5′ and the upper edge 11 ofthe U-logs 5, 5′, respectively. Consequently, two bracing element pairsare formed. At the same time, the bracing elements may also be arrangedoffset with respect to each other.

One of the bracing element pairs 9 is, as shown in the FIG. 9, arrangedon the ends of the U-legs 5, 5′ opposing the base portion 6, andtherefore also finish together with the side edge of the U-legs. Theother pair of the bracing elements 9 is arranged in the proximity of thebase portion 6, i.e. in the proximity of the transition of the baseportion 6 to the U-legs 5, 5′. This bracing element pair is preferablyarranged between the transition to the base portion 6 and approximatelyhalf of the U-legs 5, 5′.

Each bracing element 9 has a rectangular cross section and is fastenedto the U-legs 5, 5′ by means of screws. Any other suitable releasableconnection may also be used. For this purpose, the U-legs are providedwith correspondingly arranged through openings, through which aconnection element can be inserted for fixing the bracing elements 9.The bracing elements are moreover centrally provided with a throughopening 12, which is arranged such that it opens towards the bottom andthe cover.

In use a cable roller (not shown) is inserted into the housing framesuch that this cable roller rests on the bottom portion 7 as well as onthe bracing elements arranged on the lower edge 10. It is possible tofirst of all insert the cable roller and to subsequently use and fix thebracing elements 9 associated to the upper edge 11.

In the area of the base portion 6 the cable inlet 13 and the cableoutlet 14 are formed in a manner opposing each other. The cable of thewound-up cable roller is guided through these openings. The cable inlet13 and the cable outlet 14 are formed identically and have the shape ofan elongate through opening, i.e. a through opening that extends in theperipheral direction, wherein the opposing narrow ends are formed assemicircles. The through opening 15 is provided on its upper edge, i.e.on the edge facing the cover, with an outlet opening 16, which extendsover a short central portion only, and which provides an opening of thethrough opening to the upper edge 11 so that a cable to be inserted caneasily be inserted through the outlet opening 16 into the throughopening 15.

The housing frame 2 further has holding elements 17 on both sides on theends of the U-legs 5, 5′ opposing the base portion, The holding elements17 are formed as angle elements comprising two webs 18, 19 arrangedperpendicularly with respect to each other, wherein the holding element17 is arranged on the U-legs 5, 5′ such that a web 18 of the holdingelement 17 extends over a section of the outer side of the U-legs andfinishes with the lower edge 10 and that the web 19 extendsperpendicular to the outer side.

The web 18 as well as the web 19 is provided with receiving openings tofix the holding element 17 on the one hand to the U-leg 5 and 5′,respectively, and on the other hand e.g. to a wall.

As shown in FIG. 3, two housing frames can be stacked, wherein eachhousing frame 2 is formed identical and only the uppermost housing frame2 is covered by the cover 3. Only the lowermost housing frame 2comprises the holding elements 17.

A connection element 21 is formed between the two housing frames 2,which extends between the two housing frames around their outer side. Itis clear, as may also be seen from FIGS. 4 and 5, which show the housingframes without a cover and only the upper housing frame, respectively,that the connection element 21 is only connected to the housing frame,which in use is located above another housing frame 2.

As may particularly be seen from FIG. 5, the connection element 21projects over the lower edge 10 of the housing frame 2 and thus forms aprojecting border 23, which in assembled condition is in abutment withthe outer side of the lower housing frame.

In order to improve the connection between two housing frames with oneanother, the upper bracing elements 9 of the lower housing frame 2 canfurthermore be connected to the lower bracing elements 9 of the upperhousing frame via a screw or the like. It becomes clear that therespective bracing are in fixed abutment to one another.

Furthermore, it becomes clear from FIG. 3 that the cover 3 can also beconnected to the upper bracing elements 9 through a screw,

FIGS. 6 and 7 show a cable storage according to the invention with acable roller inserted in wall installation. The semi-circular baseportion 6 is formed on the bottom facing the ground, and the opposingends of the U-legs 5, 5′ including the holding devices 17 are located ina position facing the cover. As may particularly be clear from FIG. 7,the wound-up cable roller is in abutment with the inner side of thehousing frame and is held in shape by the semi-circular base portion 6.Furthermore, the cable roller is prevented by the bracing elements 9from falling out of the housing frame when removing the cover 3.

If in use additional cable is needed, either the entire roller locatedin the cable housing may be removed or only a certain amount ofwindings.

If several housing frames are stacked, a housing frame can be removedwhen the cable was completely removed therefrom.

As explained before, the insertion pattern of the cable roller is ofsignificant meaning. The cable should be inserted such that certainportions of the cables are pre-twined in opposite directions, i.e. thatin the case of a complete removal of the cable the twist or twineintroduced by the winding-up process is compensated. An example of sucha suitable winding-up pattern is explained in FIGS. 8 to 10 and afurther pattern is explained in FIGS. 11 and 12.

As shown in FIG. 8, the cable 25 is first of all laid in the shape of acircle, wherein the two cable ends 26 and 27 cross each other once onthe crossing point 28. In this manner the circle 29 is formed.Subsequently a second circle is formed by cables ends 26 and 27 runningon top of each other, wherein the crossing point 30 opposes the crossingpoint 28 and wherein the cable laid in that manner now has the shape ofan eight. It is advantageous if the cable end 26 is guided over thecable 27 in each crossing process.

In a second step shown in FIG. 9, the circle 29 is put onto the circle31 so that the cable 25 reveals one single circle only.

If it is intended to store even more cable in the housing, steps 1 and 2can be repeated, wherein the circle formed by the stacking of circles 29and 31 forms the upper part of a new eight to be laid by cable 25, i.e.the cable ends 26 and 27 are once again guided over each other and thecircle formed by the circles 29 and 31 is put onto a new circle 32.

Another winding technique is shown in FIGS. 11 and 12. Accordingthereto, a pre-twining or pre-twisting of the cable 25 can be achievedif the cable ends 26 and 27 change their position in each crossingprocess, i.e. during the first crossing process the cable 27 is locatedabove the cable 2 and during the second crossing process the cable 26 islocated above the cable 27. However, it is also required that an amountof windings that can be divided by two exists.

1. A cable storage (1) comprising a housing with a cable (25) insertedtherein, wherein the housing comprises at least one cable inlet (13) andone cable outlet (14), and wherein the cable (25) is inserted into thehousing in substantially concentric circles, and enters the housingthrough the cable inlet (13) and exists through the cable outlet (14),wherein the cable inlet (13) and the cable outlet (14) are arranged onthe outer periphery of the housing, characterized in that the cable (25)is inserted according to an insertion pattern which is chosen such thatparts of the cable are pre-twisted in different directions.
 2. A cablestorage (1) as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the cable (25)initially takes the shape of an eight and subsequently the uppercircular element of the eight formed is placed against the lowercircular element to form one single circular element which can beinserted into the cable storage.
 3. A cable storage (1) as claimed inclaim 2, characterized in that the circular elements which are placedagainst each other form the upper circular element for a further eightto be laid from the cable (25).
 4. A cable storage (1) as claimed inclaim 2, characterized in that the one cable end (26) rests over theother cable end (27) in each crossing course of the cable ends.
 5. Acable storage (1) as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the cable(25) is inserted as winding body, comprising an even number ofindividual windings, wherein the one cable end (26) crosses the othercable end (27) in each crossing course one time above and one timebelow.
 6. A cable storage (1) as claimed in claim 1, characterized inthat the housing comprises at least one housing frame (2) and one cover(3).
 7. A cable storage (1) as claimed in claim 6, characterized in thateach housing frame (2) is formed as a U-shaped belt, comprising twoU-legs (5, 5′) extending in parallel to each other and a semi-circularbase portion (6) formed integrally with the U-legs (5, 5′).
 8. A cablestorage (1) as claimed in claim 7, characterized in that the internaldiameter of the semi-circular base portion (6) is slightly larger thanthe diameter of the in concentric circles inserted cable (25).
 9. Acable storage (1) as claimed in claim 7, characterized in that thelength of the U-legs (5, 5′) corresponds at least to the radius of thesemi-circular portion (6).
 10. A cable storage (1) as claimed in claim6, characterized in that the two U-legs (5, 5′) of the housing frame (2)are connected to one another at least on their ends opposing the baseportion (6) via at least one detachably fastened bracing element (9),which extends between the opposing internal sides of the U-legs (5, 5′).11. A cable storage (1) as claimed in claim 10, characterized in thattwo bracing elements (9) spaced apart from each other are provided onthe ends of the U-legs (5, 5′) opposing the base portion (6), whereinone bracing element (9) is arranged on the side facing the bottom andone bracing element (9) is arranged on the side facing the cover.
 12. Acable storage (1) as claimed in claim 6, characterized in that theU-legs (5, 5′) are connected to one another through at least twodetachably fastened bracing elements (9) extending in parallel to eachother and being spaced apart from each other, wherein one bracingelement (9) is arranged on the ends of the U-legs (5, 5′) opposing thebase portion (6), and one bracing element is arranged in the proximityof the ends of the U-legs (5, 5′) facing the base portion (6).
 13. Acable storage (1) as claimed in claim 12, characterized in that twobracing elements (9) each extending in parallel to one another and beingspaced apart from each other are arranged on the ends of the U-legs (5,5′) opposing the base portion (6) and in the proximity of the ends ofthe U-legs (5, 5′) facing the base portion (6), wherein one of thebracing elements (9) is arranged on the side facing the bottom and onebracing element (9) is arranged on the side facing the cover.
 14. Acable storage (1) as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that thebracing elements (9) have a square cross section.
 15. A cable storage(1) as claimed in claim 1 characterized in that each bracing element (9)comprises at least one through opening (12) formed approximately in thecentre of the bracing element (9) and opening towards the bottom orcover.
 16. A cable storage (1) as claimed in claim 6, characterized inthat a bottom element (7) is arranged in the area of the semi-circularbase portion (9).
 17. A cable storage (1) as claimed in claim 16,characterized in that the bottom element (7) connects to the lower edgeof the semi-circular base portion (6) on the end opposing the U-legs (5,5′) to extend approximately across half of the radius of thesemi-circular base portion (6) towards the U-legs (5, 5′).
 18. A cablestorage (1) as claimed in claim 6, characterized in that a plurality ofhousing frames (2) are releasably stacked on top of each other.
 19. Acable storage (1) as claimed in claim 18, characterized in that aconnection element is arranged between two housing frames (2) arrangedon top of each other, said connection element ensuring a detachableconnection between the two housing frames (2).
 20. A cable storage (1)as claimed in claim 18, characterized in that the connection element(21) is arranged in the lower area of the outer side of the housingframe (2) that is on top in the assembled condition, that it extendsover the entire outer periphery of the housing frame (2) and inassembled condition projects over a predetermined length to the lowerhousing frame (2).
 21. A cable storage (1) as claimed in claim 18,characterized in that the connection element (21) comprises a seal. 22.A cable storage (1) as claimed in claim 6, characterized in that thecable inlet (13) and the cable outlet (14) are arranged in thesemi-circular base portion (6) and are each formed as a recess (15)opening towards the upper edge (1 1).
 23. A cable storage (1) as claimedin claim 22, characterized in that the cable inlet (13) and the cableoutlet (14) are formed by a through opening (15) extending along theouter periphery, said through opening towards the upper edge (11) over arecess (126) formed centrally in the upper longitudinal side.
 24. Acable storage (1) as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the cableinlet (13) and the cable outlet (14) are arranged opposite to oneanother.
 25. A cable storage (1) as claimed in claim 6, characterized inthat the cover (3) is slightly larger than the surface formed betweenthe U-legs (5, 5′) and the semi-circular base portion (6), wherein thecover (3) is provided on its edge with a border (4) extending downwardstowards the housing.
 26. A cable storage (1) as claimed in claim 25,characterized in that the cover (3) is provided in the area of theborder (49) with through openings for the detachable fixing of the coveron the housing frame (2).
 27. A cable storage (1) as claimed in claim25, characterized in that the cover (3) comprises at least one throughopening for the detachable connection with at least one bracing element(9).
 28. A cable storage (1) as claimed in claim 6, characterized inthat the housing frame (2) is provided with holding projections (17) onboth sides on the outer side of the U-legs.
 29. A cable storage (1) asclaimed in claim 28, characterized in that the holding projections areformed on the ends of the U-legs (5, 5′) opposing the semi-circular baseportion (6).
 30. A cable storage (1) as claimed in claim 28,characterized in that the holding projections (17) are formed as anangle plate (18, 19).
 31. A cable storage (1) as claimed in claim 1,characterized in that the individual elements of the cable storage aremade of metal and/or plastics.
 32. A cable storage (1) as claimed inclaim 31, characterized in that the cover (39), the housing frame (2)and the bracing elements (9) are made of steel, stainless steel oraluminium.